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Neuroscience and other links in alphabetical order *
ABC News - an article about research done by Dr. Ruth Hewston, University of Warwick (UK) about singing and language development
American Psychological Association - an article, "Pitch Perfect," about a recent study reported in the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America about absolute pitch in infants and the relationship between musical pitches and early childhood language development
BBC - report about research published in the journal, Neuropsychology, regarding a study at the University of China, Hong Kong, and the positive influence of musical training on visual memory.
Beth Abraham's Institute for Music and Neurologic Function - cognitive neuroscience and music processing in human function
Brain Facts - lots of interesting brain facts and figures taken from several different text books
Center for the Study of Autism - excellent University of Willamette article about singing, music and their positive effects on autism
Harvard University - "Music on the Brain" research about the biology of music
IFMR - International Foundation for Music Research on musicality from birth to 5
McMaster University, Toronto, Auditory Development Lab - studies about how infants perceive sound and the connection between music and language
National Center for Biotechnology Information - auditory cortex...specific regions of the human auditory cortex are specialized for processing elementary speech sounds, as well as other temporally complex acoustical signals, such as music
National Center for Biotechnology Information - 14+ studies on infant speech
Rice University Shepherd School of Music - Singing encourages brain and language development
Science News - Building blocks of speech in baby babble, production of vowels and consonants and connection with rhythmic patterns plus good links to other resources
Telegraph (UK) - The Healing Power of Song - An article that addresses the physical and mental benefits of singing, including how singing releases endorphins in the brain, how melodies impact speech and language development in babies and other information about singing and health
Unité Neuroimagerie Cognitive (France) - Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) of speech perception in infants
University of Connecticut & Max Planck Institute (Leipzig, Germany) - Joint developmental science report about auditory-oral matching behavior in newborns
University of Indiana - Vocalizations and social interactions in infant language development with link to excellent audio examples and their corresponding amplitude and frequency measurement charts
University of Washington Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences - Dr. Patricia Kuhl's extensive work on infant brain development, including how maternal voice patterns impact infant language development
University of Texas at Austin - Baby babble's first vowel and consonant sounds 'aw' and 'm' linked to languages worldwide
Wikipedia - description of the primary auditory cortex of the brain, including Brodmann areas 41&42
Wikipedia - description of Brodmann Area 22 in the brain (Wernicke's area)and its relationship to language skills
* These links are given simply as a courtesy to you and, as such, SingBabySingTM assumes no responsibility for any or all claims made on these sites.
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